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Monday, April 27, 2009

Iowa

As gay and lesbian couples prepare to walk down the aisle for the first time in Iowa, Steven Thrasher looks back on a time when Iowa was one of the few states that would marry his black dad and white mom. April 27, 2009By Steven Thrasher